THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT AWARE ....(My a..)

THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT AWARE THAT MORNINGSTAR WAS BANNED TO ENTER THE ARMENIAN CEMETERY IN JUGHA

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The U.S. State Department wasnot aware that Azerbaijani authorities had banned USA Ambassador toAzerbaijan Richard Morningstar to visit Armenian cemetery in Jugha. Asreports Armenpress, this was declared by the official representativeof the U.S. State Department Victoria Nuland.

To the journalist's observation, that the reason of the ban is thatArmenian monuments have been destroyed in the Armenian cemetery inJugha, the representative of the Department of State has replied thatthere is no information on that.

Earlier Armenpress reported, that USA Ambassador to Azerbaijan RichardMorningstar was not allowed to enter Armenian cemetery in Jugha.

The Armenian Cemetery in Jugha was a medieval-era cemetery nearthe town of Jugha, Nakhchivan. The tombstones consisted mainly ofkhachkars, uniquely decorated cross-stones characteristic in medievalChristian Armenian art. The cemetery was still standing in the late1990s, when the government of Azerbaijan began a systematic campaignto raze the monuments.

PS: I'm personaly not aware of the existense of the State Department of the collonies:)